Thursday, January 19, 2012

Idaho scenes

please enjoy these random photos from a trip I took to Idaho, USA in 2008

fog--Blanchard, Idaho

scene from the road

Huff Lake, Idaho--peat bog

not solid ground! a floating mat on the edge of Huff Lake. It is made of sphagnum moss and sedges resting on water. More inland, the mats are thicker and are on top of deep muck soils. Miniature islands of peat called hummocks grow around the base of trees on the thicker mats.

picnic lunch on a beautiful lake

thimbleberry--Rubus parviflorus

A young hiker introduced us to the luscious thimbleberries. YUM! Careful! Bears like them, too! Thimbleberries are larger than raspberries and taste like raspberries, but milder and sweeter and softer. They grow in sunny patches in mixed deciduous forests. The plants are thornless with woody stems that are two to three feet tall.

pearly everlasting--Anaphalis margaritacea

Beautiful flowers abound in the higher elevations!

shoe tree--Nordman, Idaho

I wrote about this shoe tree HERE. I asked the question, "What is one strange thing you've seen in your travels?" There are a few links on this blog post.

Alphabe-Thursday is a favorite meme! Come and join in the fun! You will be charmed and perhaps even enlightened! See more entries HERE. This week our letter is "I."

Hi, hubby and I live in Utah so we have traveled to Idaho quite a bit. Have never seen that shoe tree, darn! Gonna have to go back for that! lol! We did a road trip last Aug. and visited Moscow and Cour D'Alene. We had not been that far North before. We had a wonderful time and saw gorgeous scenery. I loved all of your photos!

First of all...thank you for showing how lovely it is here in Idaho...most people have a different idea of what it looks like here. I have never seen that particular shoe tree, but saw a similar one on a trip through Oregon....I cannot figure people out.

My husband said Idaho was beautiful and now I can whole-heartedly agree. I had never seen a "shoe tree" before in my life either. I would like to try thimbleberries and those flowers are lovely. Thank you for introducing me to so many new and wonderful things.

Your photos are gorgeous! It was so nice to visit Idaho from the comfort of my chair. I didn't have worry with hotel accommadations, tanking my vehicle up, or frequent dining out. Virtually no expense for me. Okay, I do have to pay my internet bill every month, but that goes without saying. lol. The last photo of the shoe tree is hysterically fun! There must be a story behind this, so I shall click on your other link to see what you wrote. Thanks for stopping by last week!

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